About This Item


  • Call NumberTEMP_0071
  • TitleRope trick
  • SummaryTwo men in tee-shirts climbing ropes. Caption: "Rope trick: Daring young men find 'muscles they haven't used in years' in gym at Congregation Shaari Zedek, as they aspire to heights. (P.S. They didn't make it!) Smiling from aloft are Arthur Grossman, left, and William Mandell."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jan. 12, 1953; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorMcNamara, C. E.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectRope ; Exercise for men
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Synagogues & temples: Progressive Shaari Zedek